NJ Fibershed Blanket Project 2021

Now available for sale!

The NJ Fibershed Blanket Project is a cooperative project between small farms raising fiber animals for their fleeces. This is one of the major initiatives to meet our mission to bring NJ fiber farmers together, and to highlight locally produced fiber products.

100% of the wool used in the NJ Fibershed Blanket is from member farms located within our Fibershed region. The blanket program provides a way for small-scale fiber producers to sell their fiber, by having their wool processed and made into items that can be marketed to customers seeking local products and who want to support small small-scale, sustainable farms.

Participating farms provide raw fiber sourced entirely from their own flock. Fleeces are pooled, shipped to the processing mill, washed and spun into yarn, then woven into blankets. The fiber used in producing the blankets must meet criteria for quality to ensure the final product is of the highest quality, beautiful, warm, and enjoyable to own.

After a lengthy delay at the spinning mill, the yarn has made it to ComfortCloth Weaving LLC where the blankets are being woven in small batches, where most of them were completed in October. They are available for sale by contacting the individual farms selling the blankets.

Sheep grazing on healthy pastures on a member farm (Smiling Dog Farm).

Sustainable farming practices such as rotational grazing and organic management of pastures results keeps both the land and the animals healthy and in good condition. Fiber from animals raised in a sustainable fashion is beautiful and of high quality.

On the fiber collection day, a team of volunteers and fiber farmers checks each fleece for quality. Only the highest quality fiber is selected for use in the blankets.